When the Food and Drug Administration started regulating tobacco products in 2009, it promptly banned flavored cigarettes—just not the flavor preferred by the vast majority…
(Newser) – When the Food and Drug Administration started regulating tobacco products in 2009, it promptly banned flavored cigarettes—just not the flavor preferred by the vast majority of Black smokers. The Biden administration is now planning to propose a ban on menthol cigarettes as well, a move that both antismoking and civil rights groups have long pushed for, the Washington Post reports.
